On June 15, Pizhou Lian General Government Office.

It had just rained and soon turned into a drizzle, and the eaves were dripping with rain.

At this time, in the second hall of the department, Yang He was frowning and looking at Lian Fangzheng opposite.

I haven't seen him for some days, and Lian Fangzheng is still so tall and thin, wearing a scarf, with a serious face.

Yang He called Lian Fangzheng to come, but he asked him to be responsible for the construction of several military villages, and there were officials and wardens in the Pizhou workshop, but Yang He could not believe in the ethics of these people.

Xin'anzhuang is now short of manpower, and there are too many things to do in the public works hall, thinking about it, Yang He thought of Lian Fangzheng in Suining. He had saved a book for the Suining Workshop, and had rich experience in engineering, and the construction of Suining City Defense at that time also won the heart of the Yang River.

Yang He's military village design is not trivial, with his new ideas and involving very complex mathematical knowledge.

In terms of ability and integrity, looking at it, who is honest and square?

But......

Compared with before, Lian Fangzheng's temper has changed slightly, but it has not changed much.

As soon as he saw Yang He's face, he couldn't help frowning and said, "The subordinate is Suining's bookkeeper, not the Pizhou secretary." The lord summoned his subordinates, and did not let the state government send an official document, how can this be the way of the officials? Don't you take the imperial court system into account? ”

As he spoke, his voice slowly turned to stern, and if he disagreed, he would admonish.

The guards on the side of the hall, Chen Qiuao and the others all subconsciously stayed away.

Yang He almost ran out of breath, although he could use this person, he really didn't want to see him.

He scolded: "You are a wooden fish head, this official is still the general manager of Suining Lian, I am still your official, you are my department, I let you come to Pizhou, why not?" ”

Lian Fangzheng was stunned, and then said with a straight face: "What the adults said is very true, and it is the subordinate's words." ”

Yang He waved his hand: "Okay, let's talk about Suining." ”

As soon as he saw this person, he was angry, and it was better to finish seeing this person early and send it away as soon as possible.

At this time, Lian Fangzheng was in charge of the Suining County Statistics Institute and the secretary of the County Patrol Bureau.

He said: "From March 18 to yesterday, there were 2,567 households with 14,753 house plates, and more than 1,546 waist plates were issued to those who were over 13 years old. However, according to the calculations of his subordinates, nearly three months have passed, and only about half of the people in the county have handled the door number waist card, and the rest are still waiting. And most of the handlers are in the county seats, and there are few in the countryside. ”

Yang He nodded slightly, according to the "Huai'an Mansion Chronicles. According to the records of "Gong Fu Zhi", in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, there were about 6,000 households in Suining and more than 37,000 mouths. This is still a taxable population, and if you add hidden households, there are more than 40,000 people.

Although in recent years, natural and man-made disasters, war and chaos, and population losses have been very large, it is estimated that there are still more than 20,000 people in the county.

More than 20,000 people, three months, only half of the people handled, and it is free to install the door number, handle the waist card, they are still in Suining City defeated the rogue, the prestige is known, the people are still not enthusiastic, it seems that the implementation of the waist card system is not very smooth.

He said: "Don't worry about this, the official said at the time, three months to six months. There is still a three-month period, and those who do not have waist cards at the time will catch a batch of them, and they will be enthusiastic when they are caught in the stone field to smash stones. And if it's expired, you will have to charge for a waist card again. ”

Lian Fangzheng frowned again, Yang He hurriedly told him to shut up, talked about the construction of the military village, and asked him to go to Suining Workshop, Pizhou Workshop to select some useful people to survey at the location he requested. If you can, draw a sketch of your design to keep an eye on it.

At this time, all the buildings in the city have drafts, and even the drafts of some craftsmen will not be worse than those of later generations. He is a rigid person, and Yang He can rest assured that he chooses people.

Lian Fangzheng solemnly received the order, and when it came to his own internal affairs, he would be extremely serious.

Seeing his appearance, Yang He was satisfied, and said: "You just go to survey the building, and you just have to tell the official how much silver and grain you need, and there will be no shortage of your supply." ”

At this time, it takes more than 700 taels of silver and more than 600 stones of grain to build a castle in Zhouli, and the military village in Yang He's heart is different, and I don't know how much it needs, but for several extremely important military villages in the future plan, Yang He will naturally not be stingy with grain and rice.

Lian Fangzheng said: "City buildings have budgets, as much as they want, adults are vague, do you want to be greedy for ink?" ”

Yang He rubbed his head and said, "Okay, you survey first, and the future building will be as set up by the official as possible." ”

He took out a few drawings and said: "On this side of the canal, it is necessary to build an earthen platform, preferably high in the north and west, and low in the east and south, which is conducive to drainage...... Zhongwu Village is an important place to prevent thieves, and it is best to build it on the hill, and the wall of the village is ......"

Lian Fangzheng looked at the drawings, the more he looked at it, the more fascinated he became, although he didn't know much about the military, but he could also see that this kind of military design was a step further than the low wall trench defense line under Suining City, even if the opponent had fierce artillery, as long as the sergeant dared to fight, it was as solid as gold.

He glanced at Yang He with some admiration, and muttered: "This kind of military village, it seems that I have seen it somewhere......"

……

Sending Lian Fangzheng away like a plague, Yang He's cup of tea had not yet been drunk, and Chen Qiuao came to report: "The Wang Shuban of the Ordnance Bureau is here." ”

Yang Daodao: "Oh. ”

He pondered for a moment and said, "Let him in." ”

Soon the king of the Ordnance Bureau came in wearing a big hat and an amber shirt, and when he was in Xin'anzhuang that day, Yang Hebai asked him to copy a copy of the palace newspaper every five days and send it to the village, and gave him a copy fee of one or two or five yuan a month.

Even if Yang He is appointed as the general manager of Suining Lian in the future, and now he is the general manager of Pizhou Lian, there will be a copy of the Di Bao by the Yamen Gong, and Yang He will ask him to copy the Di Bao without stopping. For Yang He, the higher the position, the fewer friends, and Wang Feng is a rare friend to talk about.

Seeing Yang He, Wang Feng shook his head and said with a smile: "My lord, the student has sent a newspaper to the palace." ”

He took out the newspaper from the oil bag, Yang He asked Deng Menzi to look at the tea, and said with a smile: "I don't know if there is any good news recently." ”

He opened the newspaper and read it for a while, it was a sigh, the newspaper was full of bad news about Zhang Xianzhong, Ge Zuo and others attacking the city, so Emperor Chongzhen officially issued an edict to arrest Zheng Eryang, the governor of Anlu, Gao Guangdou, the governor of Fengyang, and Ma Shiying as the left attendant of the military department.

Looking at Yang He's expression, Wang Feng also sighed: "What's wrong with this Ming Dynasty, it seems that in the past two years, the thieves have been arrogant, and the power is so great, since Emperor Gao ascended the throne for three hundred years, is the fortune of my dynasty still there?" ”

Yang He looked at the drizzle outside and muttered, "National fortune? The building will fall, and under the nest in time, will there be no eggs? ”

Wang Feng had never seen Yang He's expression like this, he was taken aback and said, "Not really, right?" ”

Yang He still looked outside, and said in a deep voice: "The country is irretrievable, so we have to open a bloody road, for ourselves, for our subordinates and relatives!" ”

His expression was cold, with incomparable decisiveness and resoluteness, looking at him, Wang Feng seemed to understand something, and there was no need to say something.

Just sighed: "Alas, it's going to die again, and it's bleeding everywhere." ”

Yang Daodao: "Dead people? In the future, more people will die, and blood will flow all over the earth, and bones will be covered with mountains and rivers. ”

He said quietly, his voice was cold, and if the cold wind whistled by, Chen Qiuao and the others were all shocked.

When Wang Feng said goodbye, Yang He sent him to the corridor and said to him: "Brother Wang, I know that you are embarrassed, but things are indispensable, if there is a next time, the two of us are friends and enemies." ”

Wang Feng apologized and gave Yang He a deep salute, he went out of the mansion of President Lian, Hu Xingye and others came out of a nearby teahouse, and asked urgently: "Wang Shuban, what's the matter, has Lord Yang received the gift list?" What did he say? ”

Wang Feng touched his arms, he couldn't take out the gift list at all, and he couldn't open his mouth, because of the affection of the ambassador Nanchen, he took this trip, but that's it.

He slowly sent the gift list back, and Hu Xingye and the others couldn't help but understand, their faces were ugly.

However, Hu Xingyeqiang smiled, still sent a gift box, and said: "This is a little thanks, I hope that the Wang Shuban will accept it with a smile." ”

A long entourage opened the gift box, and there were one hundred taels of silver in white flowers, Wang Feng was moved, and finally sighed: "No merit will not be lost." ”

He looked at Hu Xingye and the others: "Everyone, let's leave, leave Pizhou, stay away from Lord Yang, the farther the better." ”

He strode away, getting farther and farther away from Hu Xingye and the others, and for some reason, his heart was relieved.

Hu Xingye and the others stood in place, their faces extremely ugly.

……

June 16, west of the city, Guanlan Fang, Guanghui Street.

Today is the scorching sun like fire, but in this "Cuishuitai" teahouse is cool and comfortable, the building is three floors high, pond flowers and trees, near is Liuhou Temple and Jishan Bridge, standing on the third floor, you can clearly look at the Bange Mountain on the opposite bank.

This is a Qing teahouse, only drinking tea, not as noisy as the book teahouse, wine teahouse, and flower tea house.

Yang He sat quietly, looking at the opposite side of the Ministry of Industry, the director of the Water Division, Qi Shangxian, elegantly showing the tea art, the tea house is quiet and elegant, the Xiangfei bamboo chair of Bogu meditation, the lacquered wood furniture, everywhere is elegant Soviet-style charm.

Kunqu Opera, a garden in the south of the Yangtze River, is the fashion of scholars at this time.

"Stealing half a day's free." Lord Qi Shangxian glanced at Yang He and said reservedly, "Lord Yang, please." ”

Yang He picked up the frightening incense and took a sip slowly.

Lord Qi Shangxian also took a sip, put down the teacup and sighed: "It's not easy to be an official, it's hard to work hard every day, and it's difficult to be quiet for a while." ”

Yang He smiled: "Is Lord Qi busy?" ”

Qi Shangxian sighed: "The case is hard work, and there is no skill in the daily body, but the official is ordered by the General River and the Ministry of Industry to assess, inspect, and control the officials along the river to pick up the dredging and transportation channels, supervise the repair of sluices and dams, and have a heavy responsibility, but they dare not slack off." ”

He said with a faint look of pride.

He sighed again: "After all, the years have passed, more than ten years have passed, and I am not young anymore, and I always want to be lazy." ”

He looked at Yang He: "The official here envies Lord Yang, who is in the prime of life and has a great career. Every time I see Lord Yang, I feel like I saw myself back then. ”

Yang He said, "Oh? See the figure of the lower officer? ”

Lord Qi Shangxian nodded, and seemed to be in remembrance: "Thinking back to the past, this official was on the top of the list, how high-spirited he was, and what he wanted to do at that time was to report to the Holy Monarch and go down to An Limin." The official's temperament at that time was even stronger than that of Lord Yang. ”

Yang Daodao: "Isn't it strong now?" ”

Qi Shangxian paused, a little displeased, and then smiled: "This matter of officialdom, in the end, Bailian Gang will turn into a soft finger, and the light is the same as the dust, and a ball of harmony." ”

He looked at Yang He, and his eyebrows rose: "Just like this official, I also wanted to do some things back then, but this Da Ming has been practicing for too long." Do you want to do things and know how people will deal with you? They don't even have to come forward, they just need to launch a rebellion against the people, and the officials will be displeased, and the good things you do will become bad. In the case of impeachment, according to the Ming Dynasty, officials who are impeached must be automatically suspended pending inspection. As soon as you are impeached, you will be attacked in groups, and the wall will fall down and everyone will push it. ”

"Lord Yang, if this is the case, your official fortune will come to an end!"

Yang He said lightly: "I'm very rare for this official, am I afraid of impeachment?" ”

Qi Shangxian's eyes froze, and he said with a smile: "Young people are always vigorous, but you don't want to be yourself, you also have to think about Su Gong, who has the grace to invoke you, and Shi Xianggong, who has high hopes for you, right?" ”

He sighed: "Especially Su Gong, he will be a Shi in one or two years, do you think he can't be quiet before he is Shi?" ”

Yang He's eyes turned cold, he looked at Qi Shangxian and said, "Lord Qi summoned the officials to come, is this what he said?" Let's be outspoken! ”

Qi Shangxian looked at Yang He and said condescendingly: "Lord Yang, thousands of miles of officials are only for money, and if a gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, it is better to be in harmony with the light and dust." ”

Yang He stood up violently: "Lord Qi is acting as a lobbyist for those green-skinned gangsters?" This Pizhou is so big that he can invite Wupin Beijing officials to lobby! I just dare to ask Lord Qi, are you an official of the Ming Dynasty, or an official of those green-skinned gangsters? ”

Qi Shangxian also put down his face and said coldly: "Back then, Zhu Yan said: 'Go to foreign countries to steal, go to China to steal. It's easy to go to China's coastal pirates, but it's the hardest to go to China's well-dressed pirates!' Young people, after all, are a little impatient, they don't know the depth of officialdom, and they only know regret when they hit a wall and break their bones. Yang He, this official advises you, Xiao Gui Cao follows, this Pizhou City, you can't turn the sky, this Ming Dynasty, you must not go alone. ”

Yang He sneered: "What a Xiao Gui Cao Sui, who is Xiao?" What are the rules? With you, the adults tend to be inflammatory, form a party for personal gain, and collude with the villain? I'm really not ashamed, but proud! As for the broken bones, I crawled out of the pile of dead people in Yanghe, and I am really not afraid of broken bones! ”

He looked at Qi Shangxian and shook his head in disappointment: "Lord Qi, your sage book has really been read in the dog's belly, and you are also here to admonish and interfere with the official?" I just want to ask, your face is bigger than your ass? ”

He glanced at Qi Shangxian with a cold look in his eyes, flicked his sleeves, and walked away.

Chen Qiuao and the others outside the door looked at Qi Shangxian coldly and followed.

Qi Shangxian stood in place, his face was pale, the green tendons on his forehead burst out, and he said hatefully: "Vertical son dares to do this!" ”